Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes

I don't believe in an annual dose of film music for the sake of it being film music. If we program film music, it will be because there is a real artistic reason for doing so.

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• I don't believe in an annual dose of film music for the sake of it being film music. If we program film music, it will be because there is a real artistic reason for doing so.

  

  Esa-Pekka Salonen
  • Believe
  • Real
  • Reason